Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,538, William Fay, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Comm
Fay, William
S 43,538
CONTENTS

43 5 38
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43. 5 38
William Hay
Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1923-Sept. 7. - Hist. to ancestry of William Hay

(641) New York
William Fay Conn Private 1778. 2y r 9 months S.B. Webb's Regt in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of May 1818 and sent to the Pensioner, care of Joshua Forman Esq. Judge Orendago, New York
Arrearages to 24 Sep: 1818 - $ 37.60 Dolls 21 dys $ 37.60
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Orendago, New York

Connecticut
William Fay -
Correct J.H.
Admitted
L.V.H.

State of New York Onondaga County ss: I, William Fay of the Town of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga being duly sworn, saith that on the Nineteenth day of January in the year fourteen hundred & seventy eight he enlisted as a private soldier for the term of three years in Captain Joseph Walker's Company in Col. Samuel B. Webb's Regi- ment in the Connecticut Line in the United States Service, and joined the army at at West Point on or about the first of April after & served in the same Company & Regiment to the expiration of his term and was discharged at the Highlands opposite West Point on New Years day of the year fourteen hundred & eighty one. That he was in actual service under said enlistment after he joined the army two years & nine months. That his discharge is lost. That he was under the same Captain all the time & said Regiment until after he joined. It was commanded by Major Hunt ington who afterwards became a Colonel & commanded the Regiment to the end of his said term. That he is aged fifty five years in July last and resides in the Town of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga & from his peculiar circumstances his life is in need of the assistance of his Country for support and further

Sixth note -
William Fry
Given to L Ireland before me this fourteenth day of April in the year 1910
John Norman First Judge of Probate Court

State of New-York, } ss :— Onondaga County. }
I, Joshua Forman , First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Onondaga, in the State of New-York, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that William Fay — of the town of Onondaga in said county, did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, as stated by him in his declaration on oath hereunto annexed, made before me in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Revolutionary War:” And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed, this fourteen the day of April — in the year 1818.
To J. C. Calhoun, Esq. } Secretary for the Depart- } ment of War of the United } States.
Joshua Forman

ALBION COLLEGE ALBION, MICHIGAN
Mrs. Sept. 1. 1923
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
PHIL HAROLD HEMBDT HAROLD OGDEN WHITE FLORENCE SWISHER AUDREY KENYON WILDER CLARENCE M. WEBSTER
August 27, 1923.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me the record of William Fay, Revolutionary soldier, who was a Connecticut pensioner in 1818, residing in New York?
Yours truly,
Audrey H. Wilder
William Fay's residence in Connecticut was probably at Winchester.

AUDREY K. WILDER 202 SOUTH MONROE STREET ALBION, MICHIGAN
843538
July 23, 1923
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:—
I am a descendant of William Fay, who, I have been told, served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was the son of Gershon Fay, and was born in 1752 in Westborough, Mass., and died in Onondaga County, N. Y.
I wish to obtain his war record and shall be grateful if you will send me any information you have. Sincerely, Audrey K. Wilder

Rev. War Section
mmh Am
September 7, 1923
Audrey K. Wilder 202 South Monroe St., Albion, Mich.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 43538 it appears that William Fay was born in 1859  July 1752.
On January 19, 1778 he enlisted and served as a private in Captain Joseph Walker's Company, Colonels Samuel B. Webb and Huntington's Connecticut Regiment; was discharged January 1, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application execut- ed April 14, 1818 while a resident of Onandago, Onandago County, New York. There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.